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ThatGirlWhoReads

Eye-opening, real, thought-provoking.

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 24 maggio 2018

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“Stay or go. Fight all flight. Truth or Dare. Which is it to be?”

Joanna is a normal young woman. She’s married to the man she loves and is starting to think about having children. But one night Joanna goes out with a friend at a bar and everything changes. At the end of the night she’s heading home alone and hears footsteps following behind her. She recognises his shoes as the same as that guy who sexually harassed her in the bar earlier and she panics. She pushes him, hard, down a flight of steps and now he’s not moving. Joanna must then decide whether to phone an ambulance, own up to her mistake and go through the legal system or run away and deny everything.

The premise of this novel was instantly sold to me when I read Claire Douglas’ description of it as “A Sliding Doors thriller with a moral dilemma at its heart.” This sounded exactly like the kind of the book I would love and I did really adore its premise. The novel switches between two possible outcomes of Joanna’s decision to either ‘reveal’ or ‘conceal’. I was initially very intrigued to find out the result of each possibility and as expected, both scenarios carried their own misfortunes and resulted in big changes is Joanna’s life. This novel really scared me because of how very real this moral dilemma felt. Like most other young women, I could imagine myself innocently caught in this scenario and I felt I could relate to Joanna’s feelings throughout various consequences of her actions. I think we would all like to think we’d take the moral high ground and own up to our mistakes despite where the justice system may lead us. However, I think we would all wonder what would have happened if we tried to cover it up instead and this book satisfied this curiosity wonderfully.

What I really loved about this book was that it really opened my eyes to the mechanics of the legal system. I have certainly watched a few too many crime thrillers on the telly throughout my life time but it was really refreshing to read about a realistic portrayal of the legal system. The writer, Gillian McAllister, is a lawyer and so I believe the representation of the system is mostly accurate unlike my favourite crime shows. I was initially worried the writer’s background may cause bias in terms of representation of the law, however, I am happy to say that this wasn’t the case at all. McAllister offers two very realistic scenarios of running from the law and working alongside it. As the story shows, both alternatives have negative impacts and it’s hard to judge which choice was the ‘right’ one for Joanna even by the end of the novel. It definitely makes the reader question what is right or wrong and why and I think this is a really interesting book for everyone to read.

Politically and sociological speaking, I found it really fascinating watching the two alternate realities unfold. I liked how in the reality where Joanna reveals her mistake the media very much takes on a feminist stance, arguing how Joanna acted the same way any young woman would if she felt she were being followed by a man late at night. On the flip side, when Joanna conceals her mistake and the police are investigating, the media present the case as a race crime. I found these details particularly interesting and clever as I imagine this is very much how the media would respond to story such as Joanna’s. Additionally, I thought the concept of ‘justice’ was explored particularly well. In some ways, the justice system was represented as being unfair to individuals such as Joanna. It, again, forces us to question, is it right to punish people for making mistakes that they regret?

This portrayal of justice is particularly effective when combined with how Joanna’s justice (or lack of) effects not only her own life, but also the lives of all those around her. The book is largely focused on how Joanna’s crime impacts the dynamic of her relationship with her husband Reuben. We see how both her confession and her secret nearly destroys her marriage in a number of ways but we also see how justice changes how people see their lives. For example, how Joanna’s friend Laura completely changes her life around because of the realisation of what Joanna is going through. The last section of the book focuses in particular on the consequences of justice. It was interesting to see how Joanna’s experiences after the court room affected her life but also how her secret lead to paranoia and guilt. I think this is something we don’t often think about, especially in a lot of crime books, movies and TV shows which usually finish before we see the end result.

Although I absolutely loved the concept and premise of the novel, I wasn’t as amazed by the writing itself. For me, the concept and the plotline of the novel fully deserved five stars, however, the writing itself deserved perhaps only three stars. I just felt as though the writing itself didn’t give the concept justice. It wasn’t awfully written, I just personally didn’t connect to the writing. It didn’t flow that well, in some places it felt really slow and dragged on a bit. I thought the ending was a bit too long and definitely could have been cut down a bit. Maybe this novel would have worked better as a novella, that way I think you’d lose the slow parts and it would feel a lot more fast paced. Having said this, I also appreciate that I haven’t read many crime thrillers and maybe this is just the nature of the genre. I just wish there had been a bit more action and drama. Even the characters felt a bit two-dimensional. I thought the writing just didn’t quite portray Joanna’s thoughts and emotions in the way I imagined she would be feeling. Even the minor characters didn’t seem to have a great deal of substance or individuality. In my opinion, I think the concept was fantastic, I just wish maybe it had been written by another writer.

Overall, I did really enjoy reading this one. I highly recommend if you have an interest in crime or morality as it brings up a lot of interesting themes. I think this book would also be really great if you’re looking for a slightly slower paced thriller that isn’t so intense on the action-side of things. It’s also such a great read just to find out more about the police, the law and court as I certainly learnt a lot from reading this! It’s just a really nice change of structure if your looking to read something a bit different with a more unique premise, it was really different from anything else I’ve read. It certainly left me thinking and contemplating and I won’t be forgetting this book anytime soon!

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Kitty

Reveal or Conceal - which path would you take?

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 6 aprile 2018

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Joanna has spent most of her life avoiding things she doesn't want to deal with. Bank statements pile up, calls go unanswered, and even her career choice - or lack of it - goes unchallenged. Essentially, she's a settler, and never questions anything that she can leave well alone.

The story starts when Joanna and her friend Laura are on a very rare night out, and a pushy bloke is all over them, insisting on posing with them for selfies, and then getting nasty when they insist that they don't want him around. A bit spooked, the girls decide to call it a night and leave the bar, walking together a while then separating to continue on to their respective homes. A few minutes into her solitary walk, Joanna hears footsteps behind her and as he gets closer and closer to her, she panics. As she reaches the top of a set of steps, she pushes her pursuer and he falls down to the bottom where he lies unresponsive. It's the choice that she makes at this moment of truth that defines the path that Joanna's life will take - does she call an ambulance, or walk away and leave him there?

From this point on, there are two alternating chapter threads - Reveal and Conceal. Each refers to a choice that Joanna could have made at the bottom of the steps - and takes us further along that particular path, showing the consequences of each.

I found Joanna quite a difficult character to connect to - as mentioned early on, she is an avoider and lets events carry her along rather than be proactive about anything. I also felt that there were situations within each of the narratives where the characters behaved differently so as to help that particular angle along.

Even so, this is a very interesting and original book - you'll see a lot of reference to the movie 'Sliding Doors' in various reviews, but the only similarity to that is the parallel timeframes - used to great advantage in this novel. I wasn't too taken with the ending - felt a little 'convenient' and romanticised for me in comparison to the rest of the book and the subject matter, but to be fair, it is clever.

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Sharon

What would you do?

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 29 ottobre 2017

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I'm sure we would all like to think that we would do the right thing when something happens but would we? This is the exact scenario that our main character Joanna finds herself in when an impulse reaction causes her to strike out resulting in her pushing her 'assailant' down some stairs. Should she stay and call for help or distance herself from the scene? This is the sliding doors concept that Gillian McAllister has written in her second book where in alternate chapters, reveal and conceal, we follow Joanna in the days, months and years after as she lives with the consequences of her actions and decision on that fateful night.

Joanna as a character was someone I really struggled to relate to, or warm to, so I have to confess I had little sympathy for her as to how things seemed to be panning out for her whilst reading. But at the same time I could also understand why she was the way she was as other than her husband Reuben, who I also had moments of doubt about, she didn't really have anyone there by her side... sure she had family and friends but they all seemed a bit superficial.

The pacing and structure of this book with the conceal/reveal chapters worked really well, and I will admit to making my own moral judgements as I was reading about the decisions she was making and the way she was treating those close to her especially her husband. But as a reader it is so easy to be judgemental but really we don't know how we would cope if anything like this ever happened to us. And that's what I loved so much about this book, we got to see how things developed and unravelled in both scenarios as it felt so realistic. Overall I found this a very intense, thought provoking read that definitely makes you think and extremely grateful that it's not you having to make the decisions!

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NickiMags

Intense Sliding Doors Thriller!

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 23 luglio 2019

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This was such an intense read and yet another book I’ve had languishing on my kindle app. Gillian McAllister is another author that I pre-order whenever I know she’s got a new book out. I loved her debut Everything But The Truth and know I’ll enjoy her next books even if I don’t get to them straight away.
This book is a ‘sliding doors’ psychological thriller, with Joanna the main character either staying or fleeing from the her pursuer who lays motionless on the floor. The story is told in alternate chapters called ‘Reveal’ for the Joanna who stays with her pursuer and ‘Conceal’ for the Joanna who flees the scene.
I wasn’t too sure how this was going to work, but it hooked me and I couldn’t stop reading about what was going to happen to the two Joannas. Gillian McAllister certainly knows how to get inside the head of her characters and her readers, as I was constantly thinking how I’d react if I was in this situation, would I stay or would I go?
I was so shocked by the consequences Joanna Reveal faced for staying with her peruser! I was bewildered by Joanna Conceal’s actions, especially to do with her coat and shoes! If you’ve read this book you’ll know what I mean. At times I was tutting and shaking me head at the way she was behaving and felt very sorry for her husband Reuben.
I’m so glad I finally got around to reading this book, and will make sure I read the author’s other books, No Further Questions and The Evidence Against You, sooner rather than later.
I definitely recommend this if you enjoy psychological thrillers that’ll really make you think how you’d behave in the same situation.

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Amanda Sayer

Very Cleverly Written

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 29 maggio 2019

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On her way home one night Joanna hears footsteps behind her. She is certain she is being followed by the man from the bar who wouldn’t leave her alone. As his steps speed up, Joanna turns and pushes with all of her might, sending the man tumbling down some steps and he is lying still on the floor.
Now she has to do the thing she hates the most - make a decision. Fight or flight? Truth or lie? Right or wrong?

An excellent story which moves between two outcomes, cover or reveal which made me, the reader question what I would do in these circumstances. These chapters tell us Joanna’s fate of the decision she made in either case. A book which kept me reading until the end. Highly recommended.

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tessa

Well written and well paced

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 11 gennaio 2018

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I enjoyed thewriting of this book, it moved along quite well, but I found I could not sympathize or even like Joanna, I thought that for the ageof 30, shewas shallow, young for her age, flighty and with not much common sense. She was everything that irritated me in a young woman. I was surprised her husband put up with her and loved her so much. She behaved as an 18 year old, and consequently could not cope with adult situations when they occurred. I suppose this was the true meaning of this book, but it did not endear itself to me.

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K.CUNNINGHAM

What would happen if...

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 12 gennaio 2018

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Very clever. This is refreshing to read, the voice is brilliant and realistic and that sliding doors moment of what if you chose the other way, what would have happened. How the author managed to balance two credible veiwpoints and make them both equally important and riveting to read if beyond me. Its hard to go further into the review than that because I REALLY don't want to ruin it but this is a smart read that you'll have to put a few hours away to read it in one sitting, its too good not to.

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M. Driscoll

swapping between two scenarios but once I got used to it I found it excellent. Joanna hears footsteps on her way home and ...

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 7 gennaio 2018

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I did find this a little confusing at the start, swapping between two scenarios but once I got used to it I found it excellent.

Joanna hears footsteps on her way home and panics, pushing him down some concrete steps. What follows is two different choices, does she leave the the man motionless at the bottom of the steps or phone for an ambulance and stay and deal with the consequences.

Great book and 4 worthy stars.

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Diane

good read

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 3 dicembre 2017

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I really enjoyed this book, if you are looking for something fast paced, carry on looking, this is a very slow burner. But it is clever and well written, a really interesting concept. I did have to back track a few times, as the two different scenarios sometimes become a bit confusing when you leave the book for a bit and go back to it. Well worth reading in my opinion.

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Ms. Geeta Dhimar

Captivating

Recensito nel Regno Unito 🇬🇧 il 6 febbraio 2019

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This story was captivating and really made me think "what would I have done?". Joanna leaves early on a night out after being hassled by a man. As she walks home she hears footsteps behind her...
What follows are alternating chapters to reveal or to conceal the truth.

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